Sorry to throw out another one of these threads because I know theres a ton of them but was very curious. I had the opportunity to take out the lyman yesterday and absolutely fell in love with it!!! Amazing board!!! super fast, light, and a little looser than im use to but honestly a welcomed suprise. I have also been wanting to get out on a witness but the local pro shop i got the lyman from doesnt have one. how similar are the boards??? Is it absolutely necesarry I get out on the witness before I make my decision. Im coming from an obrien demented which has been an AWESOME board for me however it is kind of a tank. Weighs the same as the lyman board without bindings as the lyman does with.... I have heard awesome reviews about the witness to so thats what makes me so curious. Really dont want to drop 250 on a board unless I know its the right one. Also I should mention ive never really ridden Liquid Force but man oh man they did it RIGHT on the Lyman!!!!!

i ride a witness and i really wanna try a lyman....overall the witness is the best board i've ever ridden. Its got real predictable pop. I ride it without the center fin so its pretty loose flat but once you throw it on its edge it grips real good. The one this i like about the witness that seems to be different from any other board is the edge is pretty thick and round all the way from tip to tail. Its not tapered like the lyman so it makes its real forgiving if you catch an edge.

Well boardersbestbuy.com just made the decision for me!!!! Rode the lyman again tonight and am pretty jacked about gettin one!!!

Tyler,

I have ridden both watson and lyman and to be honest theres not a lot of difference. the lyman feels a little bigger but other than that both are very predictable and about the same amount of looseness.... The watson might sit just a tad deeper in the water.... If you love your watson I would stick with it because theres not a lot of difference between the two.

Sort of on topic- How does the Lyman compare to the 08 Murray? I saw the post above that put the Lyman just above the Murray, any other opinions? I currently ride an 06 Parks and decided I want to try something else.

Lyman vs Witness, Witness is a solid board that tracks and carries well. It feels like it tracks harder but not quite as fast, it's mellower in the transition phase. It's not as poppy but as I said it carries.

Lyman vs Watson The Lyman transitions faster, it still allows the same edge speed but the board overal feels quicker to respond. The pop is more abrupt, not sure about bigger but you know when you've nailed it.

personally i dont see the reason to need the axis in the lineup with the balliness of the lyman. but thats just me

you are all going to love the Lyman. i just slapped a pair of LTD vantages on mine this last week and am LOVING THE COMBO !!!!!! looks sick, the vantages have to be the best boots this year. Together with the way the lyman rides it just makes you want to bone/poke every grab out into the flats

Josh the solid black on black? I'm rocking the same set up! With the red in the board, I rocked out a pair of crimson board shorts, black riders bib over my vest and had my hair with red streaks/highlights for some style this past weekend at the Canadian Wakeboard Championships.

Rocking a lyman with vantages also. Seems like a popular combo. I still don't have fins for it but I'm actually liking how it rides finless. The board is fast, a good amount quicker than the transcend I used to ride. Pop is effortless and the landings are softest of any board I've ridden.

Jeffery wait till you hear this, all but one of my boardshorts are black red and white, the one that matches the best being the quicksilver campeons, but wait theres more ! i also rock the black and red quicksilver ignite vest !

was soo ballin the day i wore that whole outfit (also with a red and black bandanna lol)

I'm sporting a couple pairs of black and red boardshorts myself, my current aquisition being a pair of oakley takumio that I rocked out the red lockes with. I'm wearing the Oneil vapor with the silver and slight red accents too, unfortunately that was covered by a contest bib.

I ride the lyman 139 and I'm 5'10 190-195 lbs and I love it, I've got one of the limited boards and it was only available in 139. I changed from a transend platinum 141 to the Lyman and for me the lyman is easier to ride(by easier I mean it doesn't tire me out as quickly). The difference in size from a 139 to a 141 is only about an inch anyway, I seriously doubt you will notice much difference in the ride.

megatmoe, I'm 5'11 and 140lbs. At my weight and height I could ride the 135, but when I demo'd it I took a few grabs big and the board would start to drift behind me. The 139 took about 2 sets to get completely used to coming off a transcend. Especially cus I ride the lyman finless, it's alot looser than my transcend with fins. I rode the shane too, absolutely loved it. Perfect feel with the fins in and the pop was huge and predictable. I chose the lyman cus I wanted a 139 instead of a 136